Zinc-dependent metalloprotease, serralysin_like subfamily. Serralysins and related proteases are important virulence factors in pathogenic bacteria. They may be secreted into the medium via a mechanism found in gram-negative bacteria, that does not require n-terminal signal sequences which are cleaved after the transmembrane translocation. A calcium-binding domain c-terminal to the metalloprotease domain, which contains multiple tandem repeats of a nine-residue motif including the pattern GGxGxD, and which forms a parallel beta roll may be involved in the translocation mechanism and/or substrate binding. Serralysin family members may have a broad spectrum of substrates each, including host immunoglobulins, complement proteins, cell matrix and cytoskeletal proteins, as well as antimicrobial peptides.